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7th. In London, aged 72, Fran- 

 cis Eyre, esq. of Warkworth-cas- 

 tle, CO. Northampton. He mar- 

 • ried, ' 1. Lady Mary Radclifie, 

 daughter of Charles Radclift'e, be- 

 headed on 'J'owcr-hill 1746, and 

 sister to the earl of Newburgh, by 

 whom he had three sons : 1. Fran- 

 cis Eyre, esq. of Hassal, co. Derby ; 

 2. a son, now abroad; 3. Charles; 

 and a daughter, who married Scrj. 

 Arthur Onslow, counsellor at law, 

 and died s. p. Lady Mary Eyre 

 died about 1799; and Mr. Eyre, 

 about three years ago, married, 2. 

 Miss Sarah Hernon, who survives 

 him. Mr. E. was the author of the 

 following works: 1. " A few Re- 

 marks on the History of the De- 

 cline and Fall of the Roman Em- 

 pire, relative chielly to the two last 

 chapters. By a Gentleman. Lon- 

 don, 1778. 8vo. 134 pages. 2. A 

 short Appeal to the Public. By 

 the Gentleman who is particularly 

 addressed in the Postscript of the 

 vindication of some passages in the 

 13th and 16th chapters of the de- 

 cline and fall of the Roman Em- 

 pire. London, 1799. 8vo. 41 

 pages. 3d. A short Essay on the 

 Christian Religion, &c. the whole 

 proposed as a preservative against 

 the pernicous doctrines which have 

 overwhelmed France with misery 

 and desolation. Ry a sincere 

 Friend of Mankind. London, 1795. 

 8vo. 140 pages. On Mr. Churton, 

 Rector of Middleton Cheney, to 

 which j)arish that of Warkworth 

 adjoins, addressing to his parishion- 

 ers, at his lirst coming amongst 

 tfiem, A Defence of the Church of 

 England. Mr. Eyre published, 4. A 

 Letter to the Rev. Mr. Ralph Chur- 

 ton, ice. from Francis Eyre, of 

 Warkworth- London. 1793. 8vo. 

 454 pages, which, occasioned a short 



Postscript by Mr. Churton, and 

 there the controversy ended. The 

 estate of Warkworth was bequeath-, 

 ed by . Holman,esq. to his ne- 

 phew, the late I\lr. Eyre and his 

 brother, who sold his moiety many 

 years ago. 



7 th. Aged 70, Richard Free- 

 borough, of Lincoln, He was 

 known to his neighbours by thtj 

 name of " The Old Bachelor," and 

 resided in a small dwelling by him- 

 self, notsiiffering any person to assist 

 him in his household atlairs. He 

 was continually swearing about the 

 taxes, and complaining of poverty; 

 yet, since his death, 100 guineas in 

 gold have been found'in his house; 

 and he has likewise left other pro- 

 perty to a considerable amount. 



At his house in Green-park place^ , 

 Bath, aged 73, George Paul Monck, 

 esq. a lineal descendant of gen. 

 George Monck, duke of Albemark. 

 He married lady Araminta Beres- 

 ford, sister to the late marquis of 

 Watcrford, and was father to IVIr. 

 R. Dawson, Dublin, and the wile of 

 the rev. Gustavus Hume, of th« 

 county of Wicklow. 



8th. At Derby, in her 80th 

 year, Mrs. Dcnby, mother of lieute- 

 nant-colonel Denby. 



Henry Wickham, esq, of Cot- 

 tingley, in tlie commission of the 

 peace for the West Riding of York- 

 shire, ai>d upwards of 26 years a 

 partner in the banking-house of 

 Messrs. AVickham, Field, and Co. 

 of Leeds. He was formerly lieute- 

 nant-colonel m the third regiment 

 of guards, and father of the right 

 hon. William W. late chief secre- 

 tary in Ireland. 



At V^incenza, in Italy, after an 



illness of some days, Bertie, only 



son of Samuel Greathead, esq. of 



Guy Clifl", near Warwick, He was 



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